Manly - Lota, QLD 4179 — Suburb Profile
Population growth, migration, income, rent and the Census 2021 profile for this Statistical Area 2, drawn from ABS regional population and Census releases.
Suburb profile
Census 2021 characteristics. Every figure carries its definition, so a reader knows what is being counted.
Where the growth came from
Manly - Lota gained 789 residents from internal migration and 179 from overseas in the year to June 2025, while 876 people moved away — a net addition of 92 before natural increase.
Components of change, 2024–25 sample period. Natural increase is shown separately from migration so the two are not read as one figure.
Estimated resident population
Manly - Lota against the Queensland average, rebased to the first year shown.
Manly - Lota population grew from 7,660 in 2016 to 8,319 in 2025, a change of 8.6% over the period, against the Queensland average.
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| Year | Manly - Lota | Queensland average |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 7,660 | 4,845,152 |
| 2017 | 7,751 | 4,926,380 |
| 2018 | 7,820 | 5,006,623 |
| 2019 | 7,895 | 5,088,847 |
| 2020 | 8,029 | 5,165,613 |
| 2021 | 7,991 | 5,215,814 |
| 2022 | 7,979 | 5,310,905 |
| 2023 | 8,074 | 5,450,235 |
| 2024 | 8,230 | 5,571,890 |
| 2025 | 8,319 | 5,669,764 |
Then and now
Census 2016 against Census 2021. Historical figures are mapped onto current boundaries, so comparisons are approximate where borders moved.
Facilities & amenities
What OpenStreetMap records inside the SA2 boundary. Counts reflect features tagged in OSM and can undercount a real, less-mapped area; public pools exclude private backyard pools where tagged.
Within the Manly - Lota SA2, OpenStreetMap records 4 schools, 1 childcare or kindergarten centre, 1 supermarket and 24 parks. For families: 11 playgrounds. Eating out and socialising: 10 cafés, 4 restaurants and 2 pubs and bars. Staying active: 1 gym and 12 sports fields. Also 1 shopping centre. The nearest train station, Manly, is about 800 m from the suburb centre. OpenStreetMap also maps 38 bus stops here.
Show facility list
- Saint John Vianneys School
- Manly State School
- Lota State School
- Darling Point Special School
- NRG Gym
- Harbour Village
- IGA
- Border Park
- Harman's Reserve
- Cox Park
- Richard Russell Park
- Lota Camping Reserve
- Ed Devenport Rotary Park
- Little Bayside Park
- Bill Lamond Park
- Manly
- Lota
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via the Overpass API.
Socio-economic indexes
ABS SEIFA 2021 ranks areas by relative advantage and disadvantage. Decile 1 is the lowest tenth nationally, decile 10 the highest.
Nearby suburbs by growth
Ranked list stands in for the choropleth map; the map module is a later phase.